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  • FOR SALE – Rohn RSL60L16 Tower

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  • About
    • A Seed is Planted…
    • W5WZ History
    • the Station
      • ICE Band Pass Filter Reference
    • Tower #1
      • Building an 80-meter Shunt-Feed on Existing 120-ft Tower
      • Building 80-meter 4-square around Tower #1
  • Blog
  • Contesting
    • SH5 Contest Log Analysis
    • Contesting Bug Bites!
    • Awards
  • FOR SALE – Rohn RSL60L16 Tower
  • Home
  • QSL Card Album
    • Received QSL Cards from the United States of America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Africa
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Antarctica
    • Received DX QSL cards from Asia
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Europe
    • Received DX QSL Cards from North America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Oceania
    • Received DX QSL Cards from South America
  • QSL Instructions
    • W5WZ Log Search
  • Terrain Profiles from W5WZ
  • Vintage QSLs
  • W5WZ Photo Album
  • W5WZ Station Diagrams

About W5WZ

1981 – Received world globe as gift from grandmother (age 10)
1982 – Read the entire World Book Encyclopedia during 5th grade
1983 – Introduced to ham radio as a Boy Scout (age 13)
1997 – Licensed as KD5CAS via elmer W5LA (age 26)
1998 – Bitten by contest bug at Field Day
– First solo contest in IARU
1999 – Upgraded to Extra
– Acquired vanity call W5WZ
– Installed first tower, 2-element quad for 10-12-15-17-20 meters
2005 – Moved to new QTH
2007 – Attended Dayton Hamvention for the first time
– Attended Contest Univeristy for the first time
2008 – Began building current station
– Co-founded Louisiana Contest Club
2010 – First M/M HP contest @ W5WZ in CQ WW SSB
2011 – First time guest operator @ K8AZ
2014 – Co-organizer for ARRL Centenial operation as W1AW/5
– Awarded ARRL Delta Division Ham of the Year
2017 – Co-organizer for NU1AW/5 in IARU Contest

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